VANCOUVER, British Columbia and MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: DMPI) (“DelMar” or “DelMar Pharma”) today announced that the company would present an abstract entitled “The unique mechanism of action of VAL-083 may provide a new treatment option for some chemo-resistant cancers” at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, which is being held October 19 to 23, 2013 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.
DelMar will present these new data during the Therapeutic Agents Session on Monday, October 21, from 12:30pm to 7:30pm. DelMar’s permanent AACR abstract (#B252) can be viewed by clicking here or searching http://www.abstractsonline.com/Plan/AdvancedSearch.aspx.
About DelMar Pharmaceuticals
DelMar Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2010 to develop and commercialize proven cancer therapies in new orphan drug indications where patients are failing modern targeted or biologic treatments. The Company’s lead asset, VAL-083, is currently undergoing clinical trials in the United States as a potential treatment for refractory glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer. VAL-083 benefits from extensive clinical research sponsored by the U.S. National Cancer Institute and is currently approved for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and lung cancer in China. Published pre-clinical and clinical data suggest that VAL-083 may be active against a range of tumor types via a novel mechanism of action. For more info, visit http://www.delmarpharma.com or follow @delmarpharma on Twitter.
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